Ezekiel (name)

Ezekiel is a masculine Hebrew language name, meaning "God's Strength." It can be used as both a given name and a surname.

List of people
Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Ezekiel (c. 622 – c. 570 BCE), Hebrew prophet of the Old Testament
 * Ezekiel (Nestorian patriarch), patriarch of the Church of the East 570–581
 * Ezekiel the Tragedian (2nd century BCE), author of Greek tragedies on biblical matters
 * Ezekiel Ansah (born 1989), Ghanaian football player
 * Ezekiel Bacon (1776–1870), American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts and New York
 * Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (1862–1944), American politician from Mississippi
 * Ezekiel F. Chambers (1788–1867), American politician from Maryland
 * Ezekiel Elliott (born 1995), American football player
 * Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel (1757–1806), English engraver
 * Ezekiel C. Gathings (1903–1979), American politician from Arkansas
 * Ezekiel Hart (1767–1843), British North America entrepreneur and politician
 * Ezekiel B. Hart (c. 1795–1814), American naval officer
 * Ezekiel Henty (born 1993), Nigerian footballer
 * Ezekiel Kemboi (born 1982), Kenyan athlete
 * Ezekiel Maige (born 1970), Tanzanian politician
 * Zeke Moreno (born 1978), American football player
 * Zeke Mowatt (born 1961), American football player

Surname

 * Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel (1757–1806), English engraver
 * Florence Ezekiel (1932–2006), known as Nadira, Indian actress
 * Imoh Ezekiel (born 1993), Nigerian football player
 * Judah bar Ezekiel (220–299 CE), Babylonian amora
 * Mordecai Ezekiel (1899–1974), American economist
 * Moses Jacob Ezekiel (1844–1917), American sculptor
 * Nissim Ezekiel (1924–2004), Indian poet, playwright, and art critic
 * Sarah Ezekiel (born 1965), artist diagnosed with ALS

Stage name

 * Ezekiel Jackson (b. 1978), ring name of professional wrestler Rycklon Stephens, best known for competing in WWE
 * Ezekiel (b. 1987), ring name of professional wrestler Jeffrey Sciullo, currently signed to WWE and best known as Elias

Fictional characters

 * Ezekiel Sims, a character from Marvel's Spider-Man comics
 * Ezekiel Reyes, a fallen angel from the TV series Supernatural
 * Ezekiel Bloor, a character in Jenny Nimmo's Children of the Red King
 * Ezekiel Cheever, a character in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible
 * Ezekiel Rage, an overzealous antagonist from The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
 * Ezekiel "Zeke" Stane, a character from Marvel's Iron Man comics
 * Ezekiel Zick from the Monster Allergy comic book and TV series
 * King Ezekiel, a character in The Walking Dead franchise
 * Ezekiel, a character from the Total Drama series
 * Ezekiel Figuero, the protagonist of The Get Down
 * Ezekiel Jones, a main character on the television series The Librarians, portrayed by John Harlan Kim
 * Ezekiel “Easy” Boudreau, lawyer and one of the main characters in the television series Proven Innocent, portrayed by Russell Hornsby
 * Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes, main character in the television series Mayans M.C., portrayed by J. D. Pardo
 * Ezekiel Pedrad, "Zeke" character in book series "Divergent"
 * Ezekiel Abaddon "the Despoiler", Warmaster of Chaos in Warhammer 40,000